OK a friend of mine on myspace put this out about Obama.. I need something to send out NOW

[southernleftylady]

Who is Barack Obama?

Something that should be considered when you
make your choice.

If you do not ever forward anything else, please
forward this to a ll your contacts...it is very scary
to think of what
could lie ahead for us here in our own United
States...better heed this
and pray about it and share it.

We checked this out on " snopes.com". It is
factual. Check for yourself.

Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack
Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack
Hussein Obama,
Sr., a black

MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann
Dunham, a white Athiest from Wichita, Kansas.


Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii.
When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced.
His father
returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo
Soetoro, a RADICAL
Muslim from Indonesia.

When Obama wa s 6 years old, the family
relocated to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school
in Jakarta. He
also spent two years in a Catholic school.

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact
that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point
out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also
attended Catholic school."

Obama's political handlers are attempting to
make it appear that that he is not a radical.

Obama's introduction to Islam came via his
father, and that this influence was temporary at best.
In reality, the senior Obama returned
to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again
had any direct influence over his son's education.

Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's
mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam.
Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta.


Wahabism is the RADICAL ISLAMIC teaching that is
followed by the Muslim
terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the
western world. Since it is politically expedient to be
a CHRISTIAN
when seeking major public office in the United States,
Barack Hussein
Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an
attempt to downplay
his Muslim
background. ALSO, keep in mind that when he was
sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but
instead the
Koran.

Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite
the Pledge of Allegience nor will he show any
reverence for our flag.
While others place their hands over their hearts,
Obama turns his back
to the flag and slouches.

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's
expected presidential candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying
the US from the inside
out, what better way to start than at the
highest level - through the President of the United
States, one of
their own!!!!

Would you want this man leading
our country?...... NOT ME!!!

If you feel the same way please repost this bulletin!

[KittyWampus]

1. ever hear of Snopes?

[babylonsister]

2. This will work (and thank the DUer who put it together; I didn't):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4032401

[OzarkDem]

3. Are you surprised?

Welcome to presidential campaigns in the 21st century. Did you think Obama would somehow be immune?

[Adelante]

4. Send this link

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/401/political-smears.html

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

18. Great link

Something to have in mind for whenever any of our candidates is smeared.

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

5. Best to write a hilarious satire that will catch attention, go viral- rebut libel point-by-point

So much for actually having a united country after the next election.

My advice: Write something satirical and sarcastic, not too angry-sounding, which mocks and shows how ridiculous the claims are, post-by-post.

The key is, you want something like your rebuttal to go viral, so make it over-the-top cutting and hilarious to call out the obvious bullshit of the libel.

[ursi]

6. send the idiots the correct Snopes.com link

I got this stupid crap in my work email this week from a governmental worker. Imagine that!

[killbotfactory]

7. Tell him to stop being lazy and go to snopes.com

And that he should apologize spreading blatant lies.

[Vanje]

8. Run it by Snopes.com

I know the poster says it was Snopsed, but the poster is a big LIAR.

[MonkeyFunk]

9. You'd think in all the millions of times

this crap has been forwarded, somebody would know how to spell "atheist".

[Pirate Smile]

10. Here you go: ""Sliming Obama" (seven-page article debunking the anti-Obama e-mails)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2666883

Sliming Obama: Dueling chain e-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a "racist" Christian. Both can't be right. We find both are false.

By Jess Henig and Emi Kolawole

>>>>Summary
If these two nasty e-mail messages are any indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one.

One claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a commitment to Africa. Actually, a white theology professor says he's been "welcomed enthusiastically" at the church, as have other non-blacks.

Another e-mail claims that Obama "is a Muslim," attended a "Wahabi" school in Indonesia, took his Senate oath on the Koran, refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and is part of an Islamic plot to take over the U.S. Each of these statements is false.

These false appeals to bigotry and fear remind us of the infamous whispering campaign of eight years ago, when anonymous messages just before the South Carolina primary falsely accused Republican candidate John McCain of fathering an illegitimate child by a black woman.>>>>>


http://www.newsweek.com/id/91424/page/1

[jaxx]

19. I just shut down a predominately rightwing confab with the Newsweek article.

The bigots have slunk away to find more garbage, I'm sure. Thanks so much. I've saved it and will use it a snip here and a snip there to debunk the assholes who's only intent is to spread rumors.

[Faygo Kid]

11. Get a different "friend." This is ugly stuff.

I don't care who anybody here on DU is for or against, this is bullshit. Let this "friend" run with the FReepers.

[southernleftylady]

14. you know whats sad though...

its what fox has been putting out there and ALOT of people don't know its wrong so instead of ignoring them i want to show them the truth.. because I do live in the south and they just take the stuff people tell them without questioning so.... i want a good rebuttal instead of ignoring them

[Faygo Kid]

16. I understand that. Good luck to you. I would still dump such a "friend."

I have ended a close friendship of more than 20 years because my formerly moderate Republican pal has drunk the Bush Kool-Aid all the way. He used to be a skeptic, and reasonable, under Reagan, Bush 1 and even Clinton (critical but informed). But he is now one of the 25 percent who buys everything about Bush. Like many others, he has changed that way. It's too scary of a transition for me to handle. He sent me an email he thought was funny that was like your "friend's" - the worst sort of racist, misogynistic, pro-war crap.

That was enough for me. I told him goodbye and good luck. Life is too short to spend it wallowing in such ugliness. I prefer to fight back, but out of respect for our long friendship, I just quietly ended it.

Lots of that happening these days, I bet.

[sandnsea]

12. "my friends don't post ignorant racist shit"

How about that for starters?

[southernleftylady]

13. Thanks eveyone!! nt

[Madam Mossfern]

15. Someone showed this to me at work the day before yesterday

I told him that it was an absurd ridiculous e-mail and that he should ignore it. What disturbed me mostly is that this is not a stupid person and I could see that he was tending to think that some of it was credible. I set him straight and by the afternoon he had ripped it up and thrown it in the trash. What worries me is that if this pretty much politically inactive person got this, how many more did and was there someone close by to set them straight.

What worries me even more it the thought that so many Americans don't have the capacity of critical thinking.

[cali]

17. this is the third time I've seen this posted here

today. And it's been posted many times before that. Please do a search before posting this crap.

[Botany]

20. 2 things

1) don't help them by posting these lies
2) that person is no friend .... he is doing the
work of Rove & Creative Response Concepts.

Both Edwards & Obama are marked for "hits."

[MethuenProgressive]

21. Like clockwork, this pops up on DU again...

:puke: